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Traditional communities rally behind ecotourism to conserve their forests

Andrea Vega 6 Jul 2022
Caroline Chepkoeh poses for a photo with her husband and extended family outside of her home near the Mau Forest Complex in western Kenya. Image by Nathan Siegel for Mongabay.

African court rules in favor of Indigenous land titles, reparations from the Kenyan government

Laurel Sutherland 28 Jun 2022
Members of Las Chelemeras consult with Keila Vazquez (in hat) before continuing their work.

Dig, dump, repeat, then watch the forest grow: Q&A with mangrove restorer Keila Vazquez

Caitlin Cooper 23 Jun 2022

‘That’s a scam’: Indian firm’s REDD+ carbon deal in the DRC raises concern

John Cannon 14 Jun 2022
Mangroves planted in Satkhira district.

Bangladeshi coastal communities plant mangroves as a shield against cyclones

Abu Siddique 3 Jun 2022
Omar al-Sharif, Motoharu Nochi, and a team of volunteers after a “growth monitoring” activity at the Marka baby forest in April 2022.

In Jordan, the Middle East’s first Miyawaki-style ‘baby’ forests take root

Lyse Mauvais 1 Jun 2022
Young people at Macatumbalen are trained by their parents to co-manage the community nursery where the tree seedlings are grown and regularly watered.

Devastated by a typhoon, community foresters in the Philippines find little support

Keith Anthony Fabro 23 May 2022
A woman tends to her vegetable garden

In Bangladesh, a community comes together to save a life-giving forest

Abu Siddique 19 May 2022

In Mexico, a divine bird inspires a community’s sustainable forestry efforts

Juan Mayorga 2 May 2022

Just outside Mexico City, community-run forests provide eco services, livelihoods

Andrea Vega 22 Apr 2022

Small farmers take a stand for one of Dakar’s last urban woodlands

Francesco De Augustinis 13 Apr 2022
Road constructed into the forest path near the Liboumba River.

In Gabon, a community’s plea against logging paves the way for a new reserve

Benjamin Evine-Binet 12 Apr 2022
Achiote trees in a Kwicha community in Pastaza province

Ecuador’s Pastaza province, Indigenous groups collaborate on forest conservation

Dimitri Selibas 11 Apr 2022
Men from the San Francisco communal land make use of a tree that fell during the rainy season. Photo by Marlén Castro.

Protecting water by conserving forests puts communities in Mexico to the test

Marlén Castro 5 Apr 2022
A group of community workers from the Ejido Santa Ana rest after a day working in the forest. Image courtesy of UCDFI Topia, S.C.

Opium production down as communities in Mexico’s Golden Triangle turn to forestry

Rodrigo Soberanes 29 Mar 2022
Farid Tarabay, the new forest guide, under the Lamartine Cedar, one of the oldest in the SBR. Image by Elizabeth Fitt for Mongabay.

From land mines to lifelines, Lebanon’s Shouf is a rare restoration success story

Elizabeth Fitt 23 Mar 2022

In Brazil, a forest community fights to remain on its traditional land

Natalia Guerrero, Sue Branford 22 Mar 2022

Can a reforestation project stop land grabs? Villagers in the DRC give it a try

Didier Makal 17 Mar 2022
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Thai tourism elephants are ‘far better off’ in forests: Q&A with photographer Adam Oswell

Carolyn Cowan 15 Mar 2022

Gold used in Italian wedding rings linked to Amazon deforestation

Lucas Ferraz and Guilherme Henrique 8 Mar 2022

Globally acclaimed community forest groups in Nepal say new rules threaten their autonomy

Abhaya Raj Joshi 7 Mar 2022
Kenya

In Kenya, a community regrew its forest — and redefined reforestation success

Jackson Okata 24 Feb 2022

Field school teaches young Indigenous Indonesians how to care for their forests

Wahyu Chandra 16 Feb 2022

Tukupu: The women of the Kariña community, guardians of Venezuela’s forests

Astrid Arellano 2 Feb 2022
Park rangers

What went wrong with conservation at Kahuzi-Biega National Park and how to transform it (commentary)

Deborah S. Rogers 27 Jan 2022
Solitary figure in a partly cultivated field, Nimba mountain range in the background. Image by Maarten van der Bent via Flickr CC BY-SA-2.0

Liberian villagers threaten to leave mining agreement, citing broken promises

Varney Kamara 27 Jan 2022

Mau Forest rehabilitation still overshadowed by forced evictions

Keit Silale 25 Jan 2022
Asian giant tortoises

Wild release marks return of giant forest tortoises to Bangladesh hills

Carolyn Cowan 10 Jan 2022

Indonesia’s Womangrove collective reclaims the coast from shrimp farms

Wahyu Chandra 6 Jan 2022

In Madagascar, beekeepers persist in the face of fires and forest loss

Valisoa Rasolofomboahangy 5 Jan 2022

The past, present and future of the Congo peatlands: 10 takeaways from our series

John Cannon 16 Dec 2021
Maya Indigenous man farming

Unique Indigenous Maya food system blends cropping techniques in Guatemala

Sandra Cuffe 15 Dec 2021

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